this morning and injured more than 1,000 people? it was captured by security cameras and cell phones as it streaked across the sky at about 33,000 miles an hour. kristin fisher spent the day sifting through all the footage it. looks like that movie armageddon. >> it did. for many people on the ground in that remote russian town they said they thought it was the end of the world, either that or a nuclear bomb going off. they had absolutely no warning that this huge space rock was heading right for them. a burst of bright light, then a sonic boom caused by a meteor as it hit the earth's atmosphere. it sent out shock waves that set off car alarms and shattered windows, more than 1,000 people including 200 children injured by the broken glass. watch what it looked like from inside an office building. a huge burst of air and broken glass. here's another view from inside a warehouse. just look at the force of the

explosion as it knocks down the door. a canadian hockey player now living in russia described it like this. >> i hear this loud bang! i live in a 24-story building on the 23rd floor and all of a sudden i looked up and the lights are shaking and i hear car alarms going off. it was incredible. >> the meteor streaked across the sky at 33,000 miles per hour rocking a mountain range about 900 miles east of moscow. in total about 3,000 buildings were damaged. the worst was at this zinc factory where the roof completely collapsed. all of this damage was caused by a meteor about the size of an suv, too small for anyone to know it was coming. >> these things happen once every few decades of the centuries. as bad as that was, keep in mind that this happened over one of the more remote places on the entire planet. just imagine, derek, if this had happened over a very

populated place like manhattan with all those skyscrapers just made entirely of glass. what would have happened there? all that glass would have exploded or imagine if it had happened here in d.c., scary stuff. >> i think folks would have said the mayans had it wrong by a couple of months. thanks. you can call it a cosmic coincidence, but also today an astroid was flying right past the earth and the closest call for a rock that size maybe ever. as erica grow discovered, the two flying objects came from two very different places. >> an astroid flies past earth on a close approach and on the same exact day a meteorite makes impact with earth in russia. what's really going on here? i came to nasa goddard to find out and get some real answers. >> today the day of an amazing cosmic coincidence. >> the close call happened earlier this afternoon. an astroid called 2012 da14 whizzed pasted earth at about

17 thousands miles per hour. nasa scientists believe da14 was once part of the astroid belt between mars and jupiter and is a remnant of our ancient solar system. the astroid passed under the orbit of some of our weather satellites. it's captivated attention of people at goddard and around the world. we had about 17,000 miles of breathing room from its closest point above the indian ocean and it was about 2,000 miles or so from the nearest satellite orbiting earth. >> space is a really big place, so it's still mostly empty. >> reporter: the approach of da14 may be news to us, but nasa has known about it for a year. it's the meteor that slammed into russia earlier this morning that took them completely by surprise. it's a calculated risk nasa took when they first started studying outer space for possible close encounters. >> we started out focusing on the largest astroids that would cause global damage and have

pretty much ruled out damage of that kind of magnitude in the foreseizure future. >> the meteor that hit russia today was under 500 feet in diameter. nasa's pro s rex mission is to learn more about these flying objects. i'm meteorologist erica grow, wusa9. >> nasa plans to catch up with an astroid as it passes near us in the year 2016, collect samples and hopefully figure out more where it came from. new information on a bizarre and disturbing kidnapping and rape case in philadelphia. wusa9 has learned the alleged kidnapper is a 19-year-old former women's track athlete from springfield high school right here in montgomery county. christine rigusters is charged with disguising herself in traditional muslim robes to snatch a 5-year-old girl from a philadelphia school. our scott broom is in white

oak, maryland, tonight. >> reporter: christine rigusters is a 2011 graduate of spring brook high school who made her mark here on the track team but who was accused in court in philadelphia today of a horrible crime. among the charges against rigusters is kidnapping and child rape after she was questioned thursday about a disturbing january 14th incident targeting a 5-year-old elementary school girl. rigusters described by police as a daycare worker is accused of dressing in a traditional muslim costume to pose as the victim's mother in order to check the child out of a philadelphia elementary school. 18 hours later the little girl was found abandoned in a park. she'd been sexually assaulted. the child is being haled now as a courageous hero for leading investigators eventually to the house where rigusters was arrested. among the clues, the girl remembered a talking bird. on her facebook page rigusters says she is a graduate of spring brook high school in

montgomery county. among the photos, pictures of rigusters with the track team she ran on. montgomery county school officials refused to comment on rigusters' history at the school or to allow wusa9 to interview staff or students about her. philadelphia authorities today said the 5-year-old victim suffered "terrible and horrible injuries" and that there are likely other suspects involved. christine rigusters' attorney says the former montgomery county track athlete had nothing to do with it. in montgomery county scott broom, wusa9. >> on her facebook page rigusters claims to be a student at the university of maryland eastern shore. a woman systemed in wednesday's murder of a 94 -- suspected in wednesday's murder of a 94-year-old man faced a judge on unrelated charges today. 45-year-old marie maybell larson is charged with the burglary of the elderly man's home several months ago. surae chinn joins us live at the crime scene. >> reporter: the alexandria

commonwealth attorney inside court today the person they have in custody on those unrelated charges of burglarizing this home several months ago will most likely face charges in the murder in connection with the murder of 94-year-old joe roehrs. the family talked with us this evening. 87-year-old marian bach receiving heartfelt condolences from strangers this afternoon. her second husband joe roehrs was killed two days ago. the couple married late in life eloping to vegas 12 years ago. she was 75, he 82. >> i guess i'm getting worse as the time is going on. i haven't seen my husband. i don't know where he is. >> reporter: elmer roehrs whom everyone knew as joe was a world war ii purple heart recipient. his stepson who doesn't want to be identified is dumbfounded by how someone could take the life of appear american hero. >> and -- an american hero. >> and it is such a tragedy to

me to have this wonderful gentleman at the age of 94 have his life be brought to an end in such a terrible way. >> reporter: he was the one who found his stepfather dead from upper body trauma inside her home on holly street in delray. he said the place had been ransacked. former tenant 45-year-old marie maybell johnson faced a judge today for burglarizing the home several months ago. she's not been charged with murder. marian is still in a state of shock as she continues working with her talents whom she treats as family. >> she is an extraordinary landlord. she sets up college accounts for the children of her tenants. >> he cooks my meals. he's there when i come home. >> reporter: police are going through surveillance video and seeing if the suspect has been captured on the videotape that the surveillance cameras are just outside of the home. meanwhile police also say that

they had been looking for johnson since january 8th when that search warrant was issued for that november burglary, but wasn't picked up until hours after the homicide wednesday night into thursday morning. they said that's when they ramped up, called their partners, federal and state partners, looking for johnson. back to you. >> what a sad story. fairfax county police say they've caught the man responsible for an explosion at a lorton, virginia sub shop. the suspect, horace thompson, 25 with no fixed address. the blast happened in the williamsburg square shopping center on richmond highway february 6th. the store owner was severely burned. police say thompson was also burned, so far no word on a motive. thousands of passengers from the carnival triumph cruise ship are finally back home now and they are telling their stories of their nightmare at sea. the ship itself was also on the move today just hours after it was towed into port. randall pinkston with the latest from the port in mobile,

alabama. >> reporter: tugboats haul the broken down carnival triumph from its berth in mobile, alabama, to a shipyard friday. the u.s. coastguard and national transportation safety board are investigating the cause of the engine fire aboard the ship and the extent of damage. triumph maybe moved to the bahamas for clean-up and repairs because it's registered there. >> it's almost like coming back to the scene of the crime. >> reporter: after rest and a hot shower passenger dorene ruthhart return to the terminal before heading home to texas. she said enduring the situation -- [ audio difficulties ] after the ships docked last night passengers were bussed to louisiana and texas. some took charter flights back home. >> they had to walk around with

rubber gloves, masks and pick up all these potty bags. >> they always had a smile on their face. they helped you no matter what. >> reporter: one thing passengers disa agree on is whether to -- disagree on is whether to take up carnival's offer for a discount cruise in the future. >> surely lightning can't strike in the same place twice. >> they can actually keep it whatever they're offering us. >> reporter: because of the damage carnival canceled the next 12 voyages on triumph. randall pinkston, cbs news, mobile, alabama. [ audio difficulties ] if you're going out in the

next three hours, grab. this let me show you radar. pretty heavy showers and storms in the metro area. look at the snow back in west virginia. we'll talk about when our rain showers turn to snow showers. >> up next president obama awards the nation.

in a state of the union address this week the president called on congress to vote on new gun control legislation and earlier today at the white house he presented the nation's second highest civilian honor to the sixth adult killed in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. >> they gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. they gave all they had for the most innocent and helpless

among us. >> family members accepted the awards on behalf of the women among 18 people awarded the presidential citizens medal. the president told the audience it's citizenship that binds our nations together and captures americans' belief in something bigger than themself. president obama's chief of staff will be a guest on this week's face the nation and joining us now its host bob schieffer, always good to chat with you. >> how you doing, derek? we've got plenty to talk to denis mcdonough about, that's for sure. >> the president had left washington right after the state of the union and is out using the bully pulpit to try to move his agenda forward is. it your experience presidents can actually -- forward. is it your experience presidents can actually move the needle forward doing it this way? >> well, i suppose he's tried everything else. what he leaves behind is a washington just as gridlock, a partisan divide just as wide,

maybe wider than before the election. so there's no question what his strategy is now, to get out into the country and try to build up as much rather than pressure, let's just say support for some of the things he's trying to get done because right now he's not getting much of a response from the other side here. so i don't know if it will work or not, but it has worked from time to time in the past because after all, congress reflects the mood of the people. right now, though, you've got a congress that is so divided these districts have been so gerrymandered that it's pretty hard to get everybody into one place at one time, but we'll see what happens. >> let's talk about the hagel nomination for the pentagon chief over there. we're seeing something we don't usually see and that is senators sort of putting the brakes on one of their own. how often have you seen that sort of thing happen and will chuck hagel eventually be confirmed to your mind? >> i don't know the answer.

a lot of people are saying that in the end he will be confirmed on a very narrow vote, but i'm not ready to say that yet. there's a great deal of dissatisfaction not just with chuck hagel who did not make all that good an impression during his confirmation hearing, but beyond that there are republicans who are trying their best to find out what happened on that night in benghazi when those four americans died and they still are not satisfied with the answers they're getting. so i'm not sure. i wouldn't bet the ranch right now that he will ever be confirmed, but that should come to a head in about a week when congress comes back from yet another vacation. >> all right. bob schieffer, face the nation on sunday, thank you so much for your time this afternoon. >> okay. gas prices are on the way up again. oil companies say it's a supply issue.

some refineries are shut down for maintenance while others are switching from the winter blend of gasoline to the more expensive summer blend. consumer watchdogs say refineries could ease the pain by having more gas in reserve. >> it's an artificial price spike in a market that's being artificially manipulated by a handful of refiners who know that if they make less gasoline, they make more money. >> analysts say gas prices could go up past $4 a gallon again but are not expected to reach the record levels from last fall. top, what's this here talking about snow again? >> well, the way this winter has gone we're getting it flake by flake, okay? we have rain showers right now which could hamper the evening commute and could change the snow showers later. let's start with live look outside. it is our michael and son weather cam. it's still pretty nice. clouds have rolled in. temperatures almost hit 60 in

many spots, okay? so the dew point's 30. the air mass is dry, but because it's so warm, we're going to start out with rain showers. look at current temperatures. notice we're seeing 40s in germantown and ashburn, already 42 out toward leesburg, 58 in college park, 56 in fairfax, 57 in arlington. the temperatures will fall pretty quickly. this is kind of a cool map. 24 hour temperature change. look how much warmer it is along the eastern seaboard, 10 to 11 degrees warmer today than yesterday and look how much colder it is now behind the front, 11 to 13 degrees colder behind the frontal system. that's the same frontal system that's rolling in here tonight. this is rain along i-81 and points east. this is snow or a mixture back into much of west virginia and also western maryland. it's a great weekend to go skiing, by the way, whether you

go to wisp or snowshoe. these are all rain showers. you see the oranges and yellows pop up from time to time. that's pretty heavy rainfall. you're going to see a brief heavy down power. the heaviest rainfall now -- downpour. the heaviest system is north of brunswick. it will roll essentially through frederick in the next 20 minute. don't be surprised if you get caught in brief heavy rainfall and a couple sleet pellets possible later this evening. showers in time for the commute unfortunately, flurries and snow showers overnight, no road problems, temps above 32 and snow shower or flurry possible saturday and sunday, but we cannot buy a snowstorm this year. there will be one developing off the coast, not going to do us any good. 7:00 tonight we still find some rain showers, watch this. we'll stop it at 9:00. seeing a mixture now north of frederick and by 10:30 everything is pretty much gone. we still run the risk of snow showers in the mountains and we

get into saturday, could see a few more snow showers through the afternoon and evening. the next three days we'll keep everything a green alert and why not? 42 tomorrow, snow showers possible. colder sunday, a snow shower still possible, 36. best chance for accumulating snow this weekend could be the delmarva and 46 monday, seasonable with sunshine. next seven days, so a very nice presidents day and tuesday, still rain and showers, temperatures upper 40s, a little chillier on wednesday and then a little cool on thursday and then back to the low 50s with sunshine next friday. so as derek would say, another week has gone by. >> counting the flakes. still ahead a kangaroo court. >> a championship golf tournament is interrupted by some kangaroos. >> lots of them. >> up next pack your patience if you plan to take metro to visit some of the downtown

museums or monuments over this

expect some slow going if you plan to use metro this presidents day weekend. there will be track work and on the orange, blue, red and green

lines. it starts at 10:00 tonight and delays up to 50 minutes. on the original line between stadium armory and cheverly trains won't run and on the blue line between stadium armory and blue largo center and on red line trains single track between rhode island avenue and tacoma. after further review alexandria lawmakers will take another vote on redeveloping the city's waterfront. the city council approved a plan to allow hotels and other commercial development in january last year, but the plan didn't pass by a super majority. now there's a new council and leaders believe they have the necessary votes in order to stop lawsuits that have so far tied up this plan in court. >> it reflects the will of the people who elected us and supports the development of a beautiful economically

sustainable waterfront that all the citizens can enjoy. in prince george's county libraries can soon be hit with big budget cut. the county faces a $152 million budget shortfall and it's the libraries that could suffer most. county executive rushern baker told the washington post it is going to be ugly. library supporters are pushing back. the head of the countywide friends of the lie braise a -- libraries a blow to the library is a blow to education. the family of the track star disputes the charges that he murdered his girl friend. >> still ahead driving while texting gets an innocent young man killed and wait until you hear about the meager penalty. it's enough to drive you mad. >> also ahead from his first congressional campaign to his

assassination, a collection of momentos from jfk's political career go up on the auction block.

9 wants to know why there are not stronger laws against texting and driving. a fairfax county teen was killed by a man who was sending and receiving messages on his cell phone back in 2011. he was driving and yet received no punishment. none. >> but as andrea mccarren tells